Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"J. Lewis Muir via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:57:37 -0600

On 12/01, Johnson, Andrew N. wrote:
> From 2016: https://conference.sns.gov/event/11/contributions/21/attachments/115/308/State-of-the-Toolbox.pdf
> 
> The name change was deliberate. If we used the term "EPICS Base 7.x" it would refer to the core C/C++ code excluding the EPICS V4 modules (PV Data, Normative types, PV Access, pva2pva etc.) which have separate source repositories. EPICS 7 releases have always included them as well.

Hi, Andrew!

Thank you for your reply.  I'm sorry, but I still don't understand the
rationale.  You said that the issue was that the term "EPICS Base 7.x"
would refer to the core C/C++ code, excluding the EPICS V4 modules, but
from what I can tell, at

  https://epics.anl.gov/base/R7-0/8.php

the base-7.0.8.tar.gz archive

  https://epics.anl.gov/download/base/base-7.0.8.tar.gz

*includes* those modules:

----
$ ls -1 modules
CONFIG_SITE.local
Makefile
ca
database
libcom
normativeTypes
pvAccess
pvData
pvDatabase
pva2pva
pvaClient
----

So, I don't get it.  Does "EPICS Base 7.x" include those EPICS V4
modules, or not?  And if not, why are they included in the "EPICS Base
7.x" archive (base-7.0.8.tar.gz)?

Thanks!

Lewis

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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